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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



NOV. 30. 1839. 



Amory Ilolmaii, of I'olton, picfented one Cdw, 

 with ticalfby lier side, which atiracteil particular 

 notice. Slje was of lialf Duihani blood, and a very 

 fine animal. 



Ephraim Mower, of Worcester, vvith becoming 

 spirit, placed a fine cow in the pens, which sus- 

 tained the character of thestock of U'urcestcr coun- 

 ty- 



The State Lunatic Hospital ofTered eight cows' 

 for exhibition, all of which seemed to partake so 

 much of the cha'acter of comfort, good keeping and 

 progressive improvt'ment, which distinguish every 

 thing connected with that institution, that they 

 were a source of general satisfaction in their exhi- 

 bition. 



All whicii is most respectfully submitted. 



JOHN L. BOYLSTON, Chninnmi. 



Three claims have been entered to the 



premi 



. to enricli fields, .*20. we award to Galen Howard, 



urns offered to encourage the cultivation of nurse- of W. Bridgewater, who has collected .52() loads, 

 ries (if Chinese mulberry trees. Be not alarmed, 'I'he second of .$1.") to Horace Collamore, of Peru- 

 sir, there is no furnace underneath to force the broke, who has collected 344 loads, 'i he third of 

 growth, nor any reckhss speculator at your side, $12 to Alfred Whitman, of E. Bridgewatei-, 330 

 who would ride your pockets by the influence of loads. The fourth cif §10 to Paul Hathaway, of 

 false representations, who would toll you that every i IVliddlcbonuigh, and "2 vols. N. E. Farmer, 

 bud in these nursrries is of equal value v ith a five ] The statement of Mr Collamore was distinguisli- 

 dollarbill, that the le;ives of the tree are healing , ed for particularity, and we believe for general cor- 

 to every disease which atnicts the body, that they ' rectness ; we recommend that '2 vol.<i. of Yankee 

 are convertible into pleasant cheering beverage ! Farmer be given him. 



and nourishing food, and that what may luit be re^ j As this is a visiting committee, we may be jus- 

 quired fir those important purposes can be manu- tified in taxing your patience with a few excursive 

 facturcd into fine paper on which you [uay write remarks. Every passing season presents to the 



PLYMOUTH CATTLE SSIOW. 



Report on [inprovrments. 



The welfare of the whole connnunity is very in- 

 timately connected with contiimal improvements in 

 the art of agriculture. Increasing products of the 

 soil are necessary to supply a growing population 

 with food and raiment, necessary to furni!:h the 

 means of prosecuting other arts in society, both 

 useful and ornamental ; and. as the principal source 

 of the capital which moves the commerce of a 

 country, the branch of business which presents so 

 many attractions to young minds. The motives of 

 interest to engagement in this worJc seem very nu- 

 merous and strong, yet «nligh;ened and serious 

 miuds can discover higher inducements than aiiy of 

 mere temporal interest. In the iabiws and experi- 

 ments of the field we become co-operators with the 

 great Author of all things: there we are .continu- 

 ally incited to consideration; of his doings and pur- 

 poses ; there wo are abundantly blessed with the 

 means of that acquaintance with our God which 

 will give peace and all the good an immortal mind 

 can desire. Notwithstanding all the inducements 

 presented- to labor in the field, it is often true that 

 other branches of business obtain a very injurious 

 ascendancy. Numbers of our citizens, like some 

 of the Israelitish « orshippers, want a mass of gold 

 immediately before them to stimulate their e-xer- 

 tions ; a promised land at some distance, though 

 the assurances be repeated and strimg, that itshall 

 « flow with milk arjd honey," does not prove suffi- 

 cient encouragement to persevering and laborious 

 pursuits. Great haste is made to be rich. This ; 

 circumstance has heretofore diverted the attention 

 of many from some of the most important objects 

 presented on your lists of premiums. Calculations 

 seem to have been made whether the amount of the 

 ofier would prove any thing like a compensation 

 for the labor and expense attending the proposed 

 experiment. We hope more just and extensive 

 views are now cherished — that competitors are 

 generally seeking and will receive better reward 

 than our hands can givi;. 



We have witnessed with pleasure an increased 

 attention to the renovat'on of swampy lands. — 

 Some of the choicest treasures of this county have 

 long remained useless %nd dormant in those situa- 

 tions. We rejoice to see the rigid bands broken 

 and banks of discount opening there. Claims to 

 the premiums made payable in 1840, have been 

 entered by four pei-.^ons, who in the accomplish- 

 ment of their respective objects, will add a good 

 number of acres to the productive fields in the 

 county. 



briefs 



The cultivators of mulberry trees in this county, 

 have not been rash adventurers, and, therefore, will 

 experience less temptation to resort to faUehood 

 and i:nposition. Some of them feed worms propor- 



farmer numerous lessons which should be studied 

 and applied. In a strong wind « hich passed over 

 the Country in the mouth of August, and prostrated 

 so much of the corn, we were forcibly admonished 

 of the importance of providing some protection for 



tionate to the increase of their trees. This we . the fields by planting trees on the borders. One 

 think the proper course, es|K?cially when the Mo- field was passed after the gale, where the road was 

 rus Multieaulis are cultivated, for it is very doubt- bordered with trees on the north, an,d the corn in 

 ful whether those trees will ever be so acclimated that field was standing almost pi^rfect'y erect. We 

 here as to endure our winters. * could imt suppress an e.iiotion of regret, that the 



We recommend the award ofthe first premium of efiforts heretofore made bj this society to induce 

 S8, to Mr Lincoln Jacob, of Hingham, who has the inhabitants of the county to plant trees on the 

 cultivated a nursery of 21 CO trees. The second of road slile, had not received more attention. On 

 .$4 to Mr Franklin Ames, of West Uridgewater, the sea coast, raking winds are of more frequent 

 who has 2J 50 trees, 1771 more than reported last I occurrence than in the interior country: the inju- 

 year. We also recommend that 2 vids. of N. E. rious effects of tiiem cm plants and in the impover- 

 Farmer' be given Mr Ames; and 2 vols. Y'ankee | jshment of the soil will be far greater where neith- 

 Farmer to .Mr Benjamin P. Pratt, of Middleboro', er trees nor stone walls are standing as breakers. 



who has a nursery of 1700 trees. 



Richard Stone, of West Bridgewater, is entitled 

 to 89, having built the ^ast season more than one 

 hundred rods of stone wall. The same sum is also 

 awarded to Austin Keith, of West Bridgewater, 

 Nahum M. Trlbou, John Wood and Isaac Pratt, of 

 Middleborough. 



The committee in viewing stone wall, regard 

 chiefly the sufficiency of it to protect fields against 

 the inroads of cattle ; bul think the buililers would 

 do wisely in giving some attention to ap|)earances, 

 especially on public roads. The traveller will 

 naturally conclude tliat fields enclosed with mis- 

 shapen and loose walls are no more than imper- 

 fectly cultivated. The ranges of wall built by 

 Messrs Keith and Pratt, were distinguished fur 

 neatness in appearance, and we recommend that 2 

 vols, of N. E. Farmer be criven tx) each of these 

 persons. 



In a country where there has been something of 

 tillage more than two centuries, the farmer's suc- 

 cess will depend very much onhis attention to the 

 operations of nature and.his dilig^jice in the collec- 

 tion and application, of tdiose .yegetAble substances 

 and alluvial soils, wilichtime is continually depos- 



We have been sorry to .>bserve in many instances 

 the remains of former wrong habits- ir. tillage, in 

 the erection of little mounds of earth round corn, 

 potatoes, or other vegetable plants. Ridge culture 

 belonsfs not to New England, except when swamps 

 are cultivated. In this climate there is seldom 

 any redundancy of moisture, but often deficiency ; 

 therefore our cultivation should be directed with a 

 view to the greatest retention in the soil of dews 

 and rains. 



In our circuits in the county, we have remarked 

 a very prevalent neglect of fields in the last of the 

 seasoE. Tlie strength of the soil in many places, 

 is more clearly exhibited in a rank growth of weeds 

 than in useful plants. Weeds have the same for- 

 bidding aspect to the farmer that vices have to the 

 moralist. But the appeiiranct is the least evil in 

 the case; there is exhaustion of the soil and an 

 abundant supply of seed to produce a future har- 

 vest of bitterness. We regard it important to di- 

 rect attentioB to this subject, and encourage far- 

 mers to keep their fields clear of weeds as po.^sihle, 

 through the whole season ; still we are conscious 

 ibis is one of the subjects on which preaching is 

 easier than practice, and are willing to receive the 



iting in hollows, on the margin of forests, by the [application of the proverb in the full force that the 

 road side, and wherever the course of the wind j appearances of our fields will justify, "physician 

 meets an obstruction. To encourage labors of this heal thyself." 

 kind, the premiums whirh we have now to award 



Bridgewattr, OH. It! 



MORRILL ALLEN, 

 JESSE PERKINS, 

 JOSHUA EDDY. 

 1839. 



were framed. The alteration from our former of- 

 fers was not wull understood by some of the com- 

 petitors. In consequence of their misunderstand- 

 ing, possibly, the committee have been led into 

 some errors. The arrangements in future years \ 

 will be better understood. We think the alteration { 

 important and useful ; we cannot think otherwise, | 

 if we suppose there is any semblance of truth in 

 what one of our orators said on a former occasion, Betsey P. Fobes, Bridgewater, 2 stool covers $1 00 

 that " in this county it is no uncommon thing for ! Mrs ^\. C. Virgin, Carver, 2 do 75 



one town to blow into another." j Mrs Jas. A. Leonard, ,VHddleboro', 1 do 25 



The first premium for the collection of materials Mrs Jacob Thompson, do 1 do 37 l-2c. 



•M I I' M S AWARDED, 



FiincTj JlHides. 



